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Obsession, Art, and Would You Please Lend A Hand, Mister (so I win this dam
2009-03-20 16:57:00 photo by mogmismo Walls have taken over my life. It’s disconcerting and it’s creepy and I don’t know how to undo it. I used to just live inside them, walk beside them, only really paying attention when they were sporting some nice graffiti. These days even plain, grey walls pop out like clown masks ... More About: Musings , Obsession , Hand , Lend
A Crazy Idea
2009-03-09 04:21:00 photo by mogmismoIt’s been a while since I wrote. There are a lot of reasons why, but the best one is that I didn’t feel I had anything new to say. I didn’t just not write here, I didn’t write. Some of you will understand what that’s like. To not write ... More About: Musings , Crazy , Idea , Asheville
Something You Need To Know
2008-11-02 20:16:00 I know there are a million issues we all worry about every day. It gets hard to decide where to put your time and money (if you have it to spare). Should you rescue the whales or the cheetahs? Should you support organizations fighting for your rights or the rights of others, ... More About: World News
Note To Presidential Candidates: Grow Up
2008-10-08 05:33:00 I have a few words for Senators Obama and McCain this evening. Dear Sirs, I watched the Presidential candidate debate tonight, as did far too many of my fellow Americans. Each one of us wasted an hour and a half of our lives (an hour and a half, may I note, that we could have been cutting ... More About: Note , Candidates , Grow
People of the World: Please Stop
2008-06-10 23:18:00 Yesterday I found myself explaining a curious thing to my son. He was wondering why H.P. Lovecraft wasn’t the most famous horror-writerAbandon All Hope ever, and I explained that he was a little too “out there” to ever garner a larger readership, until recently (admittedly, I suspect his readership is still not huge, but ... More About: People , World , The World , Stop
People of the World: Please Stop
2008-06-10 23:18:00 Yesterday I found myself explaining a curious thing to my son. He was wondering why H.P. Lovecraft wasn’t the most famous horror-writer ever, and I explained that he was a little too “out there” to ever garner a larger readership, until recently (admittedly, I suspect his readership is still not huge, but it’s growing). ... More About: People , World , The World , Stop
A Quick Word On Burkhas
2008-05-17 05:09:00 OK…so I’m a bit drunk. But tonight’s surfing brought me to a story of some girl who got arrested for her “too revealing” prom dress, and then an assortment of Hollywood “gaffes” wherein some starlet or other showed too much nipple, and finally I was compelled to do a search for “men burkhas” which, ... More About: Word , Musings , Quick
A Quick Word On Burkhas
2008-05-17 05:09:00 OK…so I’m a bit drunk. But tonight’s surfing brought me to a story of some girl who got arrested for her “too revealing” prom dress, and then an assortment of Hollywood “gaffes” wherein some starlet or other showed too much nipple, and finally I was compelled to do a search for “men burkhas” which, ... More About: Word , Musings , Quick
Sex Education Should Begin At Birth
2008-04-28 17:34:00 One might think that in an evolved, educated, first-world nation, the issue of “sex ed” would have been settled long ago. After all, what could be more important than teaching children about their own bodies, and encouraging each individual to make responsible choices when it comes to reproduction? And yet, the debate continues to ... More About: Education , Birth , Sex Education
Sex Education Should Begin At Birth
2008-04-28 17:34:00 One might think that in an evolved, educated, first-world nation, the issue of “sex ed” would have been settled long ago. After all, what could be more important than teaching children about their own bodies, and encouraging each individual to make responsible choices when it comes to reproduction? And yet, the debate continues to ... More About: Education , Birth , Sex Education
Elevenish Ways To Kill A Peep
2008-03-23 05:25:00 So, it’s Easter/Ostara/Spring Equinox/whateveryoucallit, and as usual the stores are full of symbolic representations of our gratitude for new life. Pastels, chocolate eggs, and the persistent Peep s. Yes, the gooey marshmallow “treats” which line up in their neat little rows behind their cellophane windows to peer blankly out into the world through their ... More About: Kill
Bringing Back the Stocks
2008-02-25 17:49:00 Here in Asheville , NC, the police department is updating an ages-old concept in their attempts to discourage unwanted behaviour: public humiliation. As was recently announced, Asheville police have begun posting on their website and on the local television channel names and photographs of individuals charged with prostitution or soliciting for prostitution. Now read that again, ... More About: Stocks , Back
Hillary?s ?Significance?
2008-02-14 18:08:00 Just who is significant? Photo by highkey11, creative commons licenseI’m pretty sure I want Barack Obama for President, but I could still change my mind. Granted, in order for that to happen Obama would have to do something which demonstrated that he does not intend to carry through with the promises in his proposed ... More About: Hillary , Significance
Off The Cuff: The New Frontier
2008-02-08 21:30:00 Presenting The CaseFor two days I have been writing about the concept of Revolution. I have mused on the general concept, and I have talked about what the first step in overhauling the current system has to be. If we are going to try for real change, however, we also have to agree ... More About: Frontier
Off The Cuff: The New Frontier
2008-02-08 21:30:00 Presenting The CaseFor two days I have been writing about the concept of Revolution. I have mused on the general concept, and I have talked about what the first step in overhauling the current system has to be. If we are going to try for real change, however, we also have to agree ... More About: Frontier
Off The Cuff: A Wave of Information
2008-02-07 18:06:00 Presenting The CaseYesterday, I was thinking about Revolution in general terms: what it means, what might be the goal of a modern revolution, what tools we have to hand. Today I am thinking we need to break it down a little smaller. Recently, I was arguing with a friend about whether ideology or ... More About: Information , Wave
Off The Cuff: A Wave of Information
2008-02-07 18:06:00 Presenting The CaseYesterday, I was thinking about Revolution in general terms: what it means, what might be the goal of a modern revolution, what tools we have to hand. Today I am thinking we need to break it down a little smaller. Recently, I was arguing with a friend about whether ideology or ... More About: Information , Wave
Off The Cuff: How Do You Start A Revolution?
2008-02-06 23:08:00 Presenting The CaseI am thinking a lot about the concept of revolution, these days. At this point, most people in the United States can agree that something has gone terribly wrong. We may disagree about when it started to go that way (my personal contention being “with Teddy Roosevelt”), or how far away ... More About: Start , Revolution
Off The Cuff: How Do You Start A Revolution?
2008-02-06 23:08:00 Presenting The CaseI am thinking a lot about the concept of revolution, these days. At this point, most people in the United States can agree that something has gone terribly wrong. We may disagree about when it started to go that way (my personal contention being “with Teddy Roosevelt”), or how far away ... More About: Start , Revolution
Beyond Race, Gender, and ?Experience?: The Real Reason To Vote For Obama
2008-02-05 18:23:00 As Super Tuesday is upon us, the arguments over which prospective Democratic candidate should be chosen has grown steadily more heated here in the United States. Along with the candidates themselves engaging in pointed sound-byte rhetoric (all of which seems to come down to Hillary’s “experience”, and the massive parcel of baggage that said ... More About: Gender , Race , Obama , Experience , Vote
Beyond Race, Gender, and ?Experience?: The Real Reason To Vote For Obama
2008-02-05 18:23:00 As Super Tuesday is upon us, the arguments over which prospective Democratic candidate should be chosen has grown steadily more heated here in the United States. Along with the candidates themselves engaging in pointed sound-byte rhetoric (all of which seems to come down to Hillary’s “experience”, and the massive parcel of baggage that said ... More About: Gender , Race , Obama , Experience , Vote
No Such Thing As False Hope
2008-02-04 17:49:00 Just look at that crowd? ? Photo by roxannejomitchell?s photos, Creative Commons.I spent much of yesterday writing a carefully researched and documented essay comparing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, with the aim of demonstrating why the former was a better choice for President than the latter. As it sat this evening in not-quite-done ... More About: Hope , Thing
No Such Thing As False Hope
2008-02-04 17:49:00 Just look at that crowd? ? Photo by roxannejomitchell?s photos, Creative Commons.I spent much of yesterday writing a carefully researched and documented essay comparing Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, with the aim of demonstrating why the former was a better choice for President than the latter. As it sat this evening in not-quite-done ... More About: Hope , Thing
Super-Delegates, Public Funding, and the Sham of the Democratic Primary Pro
2008-01-30 17:56:00 Reminds me of ?The Hanged Man??*sigh* - Photo by Austen Squarepants. (License: Creative Commons Attribution)The Presidential primary process is settling into full swing now, as I am constantly reminded by emails from various political and activist groups. Everyone’s eyes are on the Democratic showdown between Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama, and the news is ... More About: Public , Super , Funding , Primary
Super-Delegates, Public Funding, and the Sham of the Democratic Primary Pro
2008-01-30 17:56:00 Reminds me of ?The Hanged Man??*sigh* - Photo by Austen Squarepants. (License: Creative Commons Attribution)The Presidential primary process is settling into full swing now, as I am constantly reminded by emails from various political and activist groups. Everyone’s eyes are on the Democratic showdown between Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama, and the news is ... More About: Public , Super , Funding , Primary
The Most Important Electoral Issue: Does Your Vote Count?
2008-01-18 21:36:00 We are two elections in to the Presidential primary races, and already it has begun: conspiracy theories that the votes have been tampered with. And now, thanks to Dennis Kucinich we’re starting to get some evidence that, indeed, something is not quite right with the way we conduct elections. Now, you don’t have ... More About: Vote , Count , Electoral , Issue
The Most Important Electoral Issue: Does Your Vote Count?
2008-01-18 21:36:00 Sock Monkeys Unite!! ? Photo by Bolobilly on Flickr. (License: Creative Commons Attribution)We are two elections in to the Presidential primary races, and already it has begun: conspiracy theories that the votes have been tampered with. And now, thanks to Dennis Kucinich we’re starting to get some evidence that, indeed, something is not quite ... More About: Vote , Count , Electoral , Issue
Cheap Booze Reviews: ?Malt Beverages With Caffeine and Ginseng?
2008-01-12 16:26:00 Once upon a time, in a universe existing primarily in the spaces between computers, two stalwart adventurers met on the road. One, an adventurous musician with a weakness for rubber chickens. The other, an idealistic lunatic with a penchant for awkward linguistic constructions. Both had a fondness for mischief and strong drink. And so ... More About: Reviews , Booze , Beverages , Ginseng , Cheap
Cheap Booze Reviews: ?Malt Beverages With Caffeine and Ginseng?
2008-01-12 16:26:00 Once upon a time, in a universe existing primarily in the spaces between computers, two stalwart adventurers met on the road. One, an adventurous musician with a weakness for rubber chickens. The other, an idealistic lunatic with a penchant for awkward linguistic constructions. Both had a fondness for mischief and strong drink. And so ... More About: Reviews , Booze , Beverages , Ginseng , Cheap
The Bad Guy Epidemic
More articles from this author:2008-01-10 22:50:00 Scaaarrrry!There has been a slowly emerging trend in fiction over the last fifteen years or so. Replacing the simple goodness of protagonists such as King Arthur and the simpleminded goodness of heroines such as Snow White, we have a growing contingent of more complicated, morally ambiguous characters taking center stage in our stories. ... More About: Epidemic 1, 2 |
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